Dave Fleischer was responsible for many gems. Ones that were amusing and charming, though over-cuteness did come through in some efforts and the stories were always pretty thin, with appealing characters, outstanding music and visuals that were inventive and with innovative animation techniques.
Koko similarly was an always amiable character to watch and among the better recurring characters in Fleischer's early work. Fleischer may not be at his very finest with 'Jumping Beans' and 'Jumping Beans' may not be quite one of his gems. For so early on though and without sound, it is mighty impressive and one doesn't expect material this wild and entertaining at this stage in animation history when much later cartoons didn't do it as well, with a fair share of obvious exceptions.
'Jumping Beans' is pretty light on plot and it takes a little too much time to get going. Other than those, there is nothing else to complain about with everything else done very well indeed.
One expects the animation to be primitive and very low quality. While Fleischer became more refined and inventive later certainly, the animation is surprisingly pretty good with some nice visual wackiness and wit. Much of 'Jumping Beans' is lively and with a wonderfully bizarre sense of humour, even for early Fleischer, and inventiveness.
The involvement of the creator was great fun and Koko is as amiable and amusing as ever.
In conclusion, impressive early effort for Fleischer while not a career high point. 8/10 Bethany Cox